On 20th February 2013, under the auspices of Professor Dr. Anton Caragea, Director of Institute of International Relations and Economic Cooperation, the bilateral meeting between Kazakhstan Charge d`affairs to Romania-Talgat Kaliyev and Romanian President of Chamber of Deputies Mr. Valeriu Zgonea had taken place.

The President of Chamber of Deputies Mr. Valeriu Zgonea had outlined his support for the continuing development of bilateral relation between Romania and Kazakhstan and expresses his openness to enlarge the bilateral cooperation on parliamentary level and declared that in the spirit of the strategic partnership between the two countries, the first ambassador received in 2013 is the Kazakhstan ambassador.

Kazakhstan Charge d`affairs to Romania-Talgat Kaliyev, Romanian President of Chamber of Deputies Mr. Valeriu Zgonea and Professor Dr. Anton Caragea, Director of Institute of International Relations and Economic Cooperation.

H.E. Talgat Kaliyev had briefly presented the evolution of bilateral relation in the last year, had underlined the excellent political relations and economic partnership between the two countries and presented a calendar of diplomatic and political visits for this year.

Also at the meeting where tabled details of the visit of President of Chamber of Deputies Mr. Valeriu Zgonea to Kazakhstan, scheduled for May 2013, a visit that will help solidified the parliamentary level of the strategic relations between Romania and Kazakhstan.

The President of Chamber of Deputies Mr. Valeriu Zgonea had underlined the necessity for Romania to stay true to the national interest of holding the strategic partnership with Kazakhstan. In this amicable atmosphere was approached the issue of bilateral economic cooperation in the framework of Romania-Kazakhstan Business Council and a series of concrete projects designed to develop the bilateral relation in the next period.

During the meeting Kazakhstan Charge d`affairs to Romania-Talgat Kaliyev was officially congratulated for the appointment of Vice Prime Minister of Romanian Government, General Gabriel Oprea as President of Romania-Kazakhstan Parliamentary Friendship Group, a historical significance gesture, had stated the Romanian President of Chamber of Deputies.

Romania will always be faithful to the strategic partnership with Kazakhstan, the most important diplomatic partnership of our country and 2013 it is a crucial year in the development of this relation said concluding the meeting Professor Dr. Anton Caragea, Director of Institute of International Relations and Economic Cooperation.

On February 14, 2013 was concluded the process of selecting and appointing the members of bilateral parliamentary friendship groups between Romania and other countries.

The Parliamentary Friendship Groups are instrumental for developing strong political and parliamentary relations between Romania and his different partners in the world.

Professor Dr. Anton Caragea, Director of Institute of International Relations and Economic Cooperation has taken charge of selecting special members of parliamentary friendship groups for the countries that are having a special significance for Romania foreign policy.

Among the countries with strategic significance for Romania is Kazakhstan and on 14 February 2013 at the Victoria Government Palace, the official appointing of the President of Romania-Kazakhstan Parliamentary Friendship Group has taken place.

The President of Romania-Kazakhstan Parliamentary Friendship Group was elected General Gabriel Oprea-Vice Prime Minister of Romania Government, a strategic decision as never in the history of Romania a Vice Prime-Minister has taken this role.

This appointment is a prof of the magnitude and strategic significance of the bilateral relations between Romania and Kazakhstan, had stated during the ceremony Professor Dr. Anton Caragea, Director of Institute of International Relations and Economic Cooperation.

General Gabriel Oprea-Vice Prime Minister of Romania Government had stated that his appointment at the head of the Romania-Kazakhstan Parliamentary Friendship Group has the agreement of Prime Minister of Romania and is destined to offer to international community a signal that Kazakhstan is today the most important political and diplomatic partner of Romania.

It is a singular fact in history of Romania that a Vice Prime Minister is taking charge of developing the bilateral relation with one country, but this is also a signal that Romania-Kazakhstan relation is a unique and special relation, concluded General Gabriel Oprea-Vice Prime Minister of Romanian Government.

H.E. Kazakhstan Charge d`affairs to Romania-Talgat Kaliyev had presented his congratulation to the new President of Romania-Kazakhstan Parliamentary Friendship Group – General Gabriel Oprea-Vice Prime Minister of Romania.

Kazakhstan leadership fully understands the significance and the importance of the step taken by Romania in the direction of elevating the relation with Kazakhstan toward a unique significance declared Kazakhstan Charge d`affairs to Romania-Talgat Kaliyev.

In this amicable atmosphere, Vice Prime Minister of Romanian Government and Kazakhstan Charge d`affairs to Romania discussed the issues of bilateral economic cooperation in the framework of Romania-Kazakhstan Business Council and a series of concrete projects designed to develop the bilateral relation in the next period.

The ceremony has concluded with the statement of President of Romania-Kazakhstan Parliamentary Friendship Group – General Gabriel Oprea-Vice Prime Minister of Romania that Romania will have to stay true to the national interest of constructing a strategic partnership with Kazakhstan.

On 13th November 2012 Romania had hosted the Conference on Peace and Security in Europe and Asia, an impressive gathering of Europe`s most important political brains, destined to express the support for Platform for Peace and Security in Europe and Asia.

The Platform is a designed model of cooperation and peace created by the lofty President of Kazakhstan-Nursultan Nazarbayev.

The Platform for Peace and Security is an intellectual replay to the challenges of XXI century: war, criminality, terrorism, inter-ethnic conflicts, inter-state wars, collapse of international organizations such as United Nations and his affiliated agencies etc.

All this conceptual and reality`s defiance are becoming part of the security concerns of XXI century.

No state and no individual are immune to this general collapse of authority and legality, that is fringes the collapse of organized society.

The only solution for a reconstruction of world and for solving the humanity problems is to restart the National State concept.

A National State that will be, undoubtedly, different from his XIX century prototype. The fights for respect of human rights and for managing globalization trends must be implicated in the reconstruction of state authority.

Without the state authority reconstructed and put at the heart of international law and norms, no global issue can be resolved.

The re-construction of XXI century national state is the conceptual center of the Platform for Peace and Security.

The Platform for Peace and Security is solving the evils of the globalization such as: terrorism, drug trafficking, crime and globalized crime only by concentrating on the reconstruction of a modern, sophisticated and up to date national state.

This approach is truly revolutionary, as in the last two decades the international efforts, that could have being put to a much better use, where dedicated to dissolve and tragically destroy the national state authority.

All this effort of destroying and portraying as outdated and even criminal the national state, had as only result the dissolution of state authority, the dramatic rise of international criminality, a policy of international involvement in the internal affairs of the sovereign countries and the destruction of private property and the terrible crimes against human rights, that the last century had ever witness.

Reconstructing national statehood is an intricate part of re-establishing the global equilibrium.

Globalization is a dangerous trend that, without being proper managed, could distort and destroy people’s lives and the only possible coordinator for a better understanding and use of globalization is the national state.

Instead of perceiving the national state as an obstacle against globalization, the forces of globalization will do better to understand that only the national state is the proper provider of globalization and if the current trends of opposing globalization and national state are allowed to continue, the nation state will be trimmed and destroyed and globalization will become a totally negative trend.

None of the current global problems of the mankind can be properly addressed in the absence of a strong a pertinent national state.

The spread of mass destruction weapons and the terrorism is only the result of nation state weakness.

No mass destruction weapons could ever be transferred to private groups, as long as a state is functioning and running.

Only when the former Soviet Union collapsed, the matter of mass destruction weapons was tabled as an emergency. Only after Afghanistan state was destroyed by the internal convulsion, the terrorist movement obtained a save heaven and created the base for terrorism to attack.

At the beginning of 2000, the North Africa, composed of shamble states, with long desert border, such as: Mauritania, Niger, Mali, Algeria etc. become the center for new terrorist activity.

The lessons of the last two decades are showing clearly that: only by offering support to national state to overcome the globalization related weakness, can insure that the flow of terrorism and destruction weapons can be stopped.

Nation`s rights are human rights.

With the end of Cold War a new concept had flourished, the concept that human rights are to be imposed against national rights. The theory it was that: the only legitimate way to assert human rights is to destroy national state rights.

This wrong policy had created the nightmare of Kosovo, where in order to promote individual and minority rights a global intervention had destroyed Serbia, had killed 100.000 peoples and had created more than 1 million refugees.

The final result was the creation of an illegitimate state, the creation of a vacuum and tension area in the center of the Balkans.

What have even aggravated the aggression against national rights, was the unlawful use of the humanitarian intervention concept to destroy nation state, to aggravate crisis, to persecute democratic movements and to install a general atmosphere of distrust and insecurity at world d level.

As the Platform for Peace and Security had stated: By this, basic human rights and freedom are jeopardized, ignored or directly violated under the slogan of defending the very rights and freedoms.

Human rights are nation rights – this must be the key concept of insuring a peaceful world and preventing the masquerade of so called human rights protection by war to be used as pretence for foreign intervention and bluntly aggressions.

Security by cooperation.

The last two decades after the Cold War where based on the concept of uni-polar world, destruction of nation state , the blunt disregard for human rights and the forced cooperation by so called coalition of the willing, such us in Iraq intervention in 2003.

The only reasonable and practical way of creating a cooperation system in Europe and Asia could be based only on cooperation models and the most successful one is that of Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in 2010, under Kazakhstan Presidency.

Kazakhstan can play an instrumental role by the Platform for Peace and Security in uniting Europe and Asia by his tremendous capacity of building bridges.

Also, the concept of building not only a state to state cooperation movement but also a state to multilateral organization is a truly remarkable idea, that could by itself created a momentum for unification and cooperation based not only on destruction of nation state but on his reconstruction.

The quest for peace is in XXI century as actual and necessary as it was in the last hundred years.

After the Second World War an array of international organization spring up, especially in Europe, a traumatized continent after the destructions suffered in two world wars.

In the Helsinki Agreement run off, countries lead by Romania had created a special Conference on Security and Cooperation, in order to offer a possibility to act and re-act to international provocation, borders, conflicts, disarmament and human rights issues.

The Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe had soon proved to be a very concrete arena for international dialogue, fostering security in Europe, avoiding Cold War to become a hot war in Europe.

This long track of success created the potential to be developed at the end of Cold War in Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

In 1990 the Paris Conference that settled the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe as the main framework for dialogue in the larger Europe area had an instrumental role in creating peace in our continent.

After 1990 until 1999 the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe can be used as an example for his activity. Solving the security problems in Europe after the dissolving of Warsaw Treaty, insuring the peaceful devolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993 and offering solutions for the resolution of conflicts in former Yugoslavia where essential achievements.

Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe had also successful passed the exam of the disintegration of former Soviet Union, paving the way for peaceful resolution of border conflicts, management of local wars ( as the Caucasus area ) and insuring the construction of democratic , open society in former USSR countries.

In 1999, the unlawful attack against Serbia, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe had being gradually transformed from an arena of dialogue and fostering cooperation in a place for distorting the framework of cooperation that dramatically reduced the organization standing in the world.

Only in 2010 the mechanisms of Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe had being one again put in motion by the will and strength of Kazakhstan.

The Chairmanship of Kazakhstan in 2010 will be without a doubt hailed as the most glorious moment on Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe history: a moment for international gathering, for creating a path for reform and relevance of Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in XXI century and the involvement of democratic civil societies in the organization development where all felicitous decision that insured the survival of Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

This moment of multilateral cooperation must be exploited and Kazakhstan experience must become the main pillar of an international cooperation model.

We need this international cooperation and the restart of international organization efficiency and global action if we want to muster the changes that lay ahead of our civilization.

The respect for international law: main pillar of diplomacy in XXI century.

The XXI century appears to be a period of numerous conflicts: ethnic cleansing, civil wars, irregular international interventions. If we have to summarize all this conflicts and international tensions have just one common trend: the total disregard towards international norms and laws.

Unfortunately, in the last two decades, after the end of the Cold War, the efforts of some interested parties to foster a uni-polar world, to undermine the international associations and to misused and miss appropriate the concept of human rights had created a general state of conflict and an unprecedented time of discord.

The first concept that we have to use: is to balance the human rights issue with the national rights and to rebuke firmly and decisively the ideas of conflict between individual rights and nation rights.

The nation and statehood concept are an intricate part of the concept of respecting human rights.

National protection of human rights is the only natural and acceptable possibility of offering the protection of human rights. The last two decades of international affairs express clear the fact that international intervention in the so called favor of human rights are no less than war crimes and a total disregard of human rights.

The long and unfinished tragedy of Iraqi people after the First Golf War and after Second Golf War, are creating a clear picture of the failed human rights based intervention: more than 2 billon euro in destruction, famine, starvation, the destruction of infrastructure and sanitary and cultural services for 20 million people and more than 1 million killed and 3 million refugees, this was the tragic result of the United States intervention in Iraq.

The 1999 Kosovo crisis has also expressed the same results of the unlawful character of the human rights based interventions. The NATO led intervention in Serbia had created 1 million refugees, around 100.000 killed and terrifying destruction and left a terrible international law wound: Kosovo, an illegal so called state in the heart of Europe.

The list of destruction created by the human rights based intervention can be extended to civil war in Syria, anti-Libya intervention, Haiti terrifying experience etc.

The necessity to foster and strengthen the recognition and application of international laws and norms is the most important necessity for a peaceful XXI century.

Four golden rules of international law.

The main principles of Platform for Peace and Security in Europe and Asia states the respect of fundaments of international law such as: equality among states, the rejection of interference in the internal affairs of independent countries, the rejection of threaten with force and use of force in international arena and the consensus as the main feature of common international activity etc.

These main principles are the only sound and common accepted principles that could build true representative coalitions, coalitions that could address efficiently the provocation of XXI century.

This principles have being forgotten or even replaced in international activity of the last 20 years, a feature that undermined the efficiency of international bodies and aloud the violence in international affairs to reach unacceptable levels.

Equality among states is the fundamental, basic principle, on which international diplomacy is based in the last four centuries.

Without equality of small to medium or big states, the international arena becomes a place for using the right of force instead of force of right. The fundamental condemnation off all wars and the main body of diplomatic activity is based on the self evidence of the equality amongst states.

The Second World War, to mention only the most known example, had started only on the base of disregard toward the principle of equality of all international actors. In the moment that appears the idea of a qualification and a selection among states, this is the first step toward aggression, war and the dismantling of United Nation principles.

Unfortunately, the last two decade transformed this principle in a so called forgotten or obsolete international norm, allowing that by indiscriminant actions, sanction regime, targeted political attitude and aggression`s some state to be deprived by their use of air space, or of maritime border or to be forbidden to acquire certain types of arm’s or defensive equipment or event to pursue scientific research or develop their economy.

This long line or arbitrary measures, contrary to international norms are based on a so called classification in good or bad states, in axes of evil or axes or good. Such a classification, contrary to international law, is a fragrant violation of the basic principle of equality amongst nation.

The non-interference in internal affairs is another principle that must be restored, if the climate of insecurity and war that prevailed in the last period is to find an end.

The basic principle of independence and sovereignty and of respect among nations was specially subjected to enormous pressure in international arena.

New, unrecognized principles of a so called humanitarian right to interference or humanitarian interference or the right to preserve minority, all contra factual invention had appeared in international arena with devastating consequences.

The wars in Balkans, the conflicts in former Yugoslavia, the conflicts in Caucasus, the Iraqi war, to mention just a few of the abomination resulted in this deviation of international norms, are speaking plainly to the necessity to restore this principle of independence and sovereignty in the international diplomacy.

The non-interference is the only solution for creating a climate of respect amongst nation, of fostering the international laws to their former glory and to allow international organizations to find their true partners in the construction of a free and normal world: nation’s state.

Without the umbrella of non-interference, no nation’s state could be sure of his territorial integrity, of his place in the world arena or about his right to protect his citizens and his interest and to act responsible in the construction of the XXI century world.

The rejection of non-interference principles is creating an insecure world, in destroying the human rights and by destroying the national state is supporting the flourishing of terrorism and of non-state actors that could have an infelicitous behavior.

The rejection of thereat of use of force in international arena is another fundamental principle that could not be negotiated, if the XXI century is to be a place of law and international norms.

The latest decade had also seen an unsavory use of rattle sobering and threats against independent and free states by groups of other states.

The violent mass media campaign, the use of rhetoric and of violent language in international diplomacy made this concept to look obsolete, when only his respect could be the base for a more security world.

In the global village of XXI century, where information and communications became not only essential tools, but essential security risks, the full and correct complying with this principle of refraining to the use of threat to the use of force must be restored.

The use of threats, of labeling in international arena, is the first step towards military intervention, diabolizing states , removing them from international arena, isolation policy, are all steps toward aggression and war that must be reprehended.

We must never forgot that the Second World War started by the use of a so called Czech peril to Europe stability , when a small country of 20 million people was accused of preparing an attack on 90 million strong Hitler`s Germany.

This is just an historical example and the latest two decades have seen many such outrages claims being presented in the international media as basic truth and later bases for international intervention.

The Second Golf War started in the search of illusory weapons of mass destruction, that have never being fund, is just the latest example of the tragic use of lies and disinformation and of threats with the use of force or bland aggression against independent countries.

Such actions had long time undermined the international security and had created a climate of universal suspicion and of pointing fingers that proved to be disruptive to international cooperation.

The latest fundamental principle is the principle of consensus in international arena.

Without a doubt this fundamental principle was under attack as in the latest decade the international actions have being far from consensual.

Actions based on crossing the principle of international laws and diplomacy and on fabricated evidence like in the case of the attack on Serbia in 1999 or on Iraq in 2003, had proved to be incapable of mastering a consensus.

This is not a proof of the inefficiency of this principle, but just the contrary, this is the demonstration that only the consensus based activity is really positive and is creating the necessary framework for efficient activity of international organizations.

Only the consensus can prove that the cooperation and action on behalf of the international community are really based on the free will of the states and nations of United Nations and are not just the result of pressure or manipulation.

The principle of consensus had worked on the First Iraq War of 1990, when a broad consensus of all nations, drive Saddam Hussein forces out of Kuwait.

A consensus based activity is efficient, speedy and supported by all international forces and is having the force of law and diplomacy.

Consensus is possible and is the only way that international cooperation could be achieved.

All international actions not based on consensus are illegitimate and inefficient; majority is not enough in international arena and in international law. The community of states is based on equality, respect of fundamental rights and on consensus. Only by this way international activity can resolve crisis, not create new ones.

The tragic history of the last 20 years has spoken enough about this.

The Platform for Peace and Security in Europe and Asia, the latest drive for peace and a better world in XXI century, launched by Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev, is part of a long tradition of searching and promoting peace in the world.

This initiative is having all the necessary ingredients to be successful, mainly because is rational and based on the reconstruction of international norms.

We also must draw attention to a dangerous trend: the rapid decline of the national states, the increase power of criminal groups from economy, politics and even military areas and the increase insecurity in international affairs.

These dangerous trends are increasing in Asia: conflicts for influence and borders, internal civil wars, international interventions, military threat are flourishing. Other continents like Africa are also engulfed in crimes and corruption and in collapsing national states.

This general climate of conflict, tragic global insecurity and outer disregard for international norms is making more urgent and necessary a global solution based on the value and inspiration of Platform for Peace and Security in Europe and Asia.

This must be not only a search of peace of diplomats and the powerful elite of this world.

Security and peace are essential for every individual, state, community and interest group.

Without security, and in the perpetuation of the present day climate, nobody is safe and the world development is in balance. The world spruce up goes by the fulfillment of the Platform for Peace and Security in Europe and Asia commitments.

We need a global voice to resolve the global issue and to balance the forces of destruction and chaos in today`s world.

In Bucharest, Conference on Platform for Peace and Security in Europe and Asia, the voices of intellectual, diplomatic and academic elite of Europe had being heard for the first time.

Monday-4 February 2013, under the patronage of Institute of International Relations and Economic Cooperation of Romania, the conference on REAL ESTATE IN ROMANIA IN 2013. Lower prices or bankruptcy. has taken place. The conference was a get together of real estate agents, experts, brokers and real estate funds from Romania and EU and economists.

Real estate value had reached the values of 2000. The fall in prices continues.

2012: a record loss on real estate field.

The debates started by highlighting the drop in prices on real estate market in Romania during 2012. The average price reduction was around 45% last year, the biggest drop since the crisis hit Romania but the prices are still a long way to go before they reach the real estate reality area. New significant drops in prices are necessary until the market will stabilized and the investment in real estate will become one more time efficient.

The initial value of 1.200/1.300 euro per square meter had dropped by the year end towards 800 to 650 euro per square meter, but is a long way to go until normal prices will come back on Romanian real estate.

The real dimensions of real estate crisis in Romania where made public: real estate frozen projects are reaching a value of 3 billion euro, the bankruptcy numbers in the construction field reach 80% of the investor`s numbers and 2 billion euro announced to be invested in real estate never materialized .

2013: a 60%percent drop in prices is expected.

The real estate market will continue on a downward spiral, with decreasing in prices reaching 80% in rural areas, secondary or vacation house and provincial cities real estate objectives.

The prices are expected to fall below 200-250 euro per square meter in prime areas of Bucharest real estate.

The falling in prices is fueled by the banking crisis, the spike in banking interest rates, high inflation, dramatic decrees in investment, drastic reduction in real income for majority of Romanians and also decrees in foreign investments and in revenues from Romanian working abroad.

To this long list of negative trends we can add the 100.000 flats that will be put on the market by the banks in the foreclosure process.

Already the banks presented the actions starting prices ranging fro 19.000 to 22.000 euro for one room flat, to 30.000 euro per two rooms flat and around 45.000 euro for three room flats. The mansions and villas are sold at pricing ranging from 60.000 euro per 100 squared meters villas for high luxury areas and as low as 20-30.000 euro in secondary areas.

The prices for land already dropped with 70% in 2012 and will furthermore decrease with 50% this year, bellow 50 euro per square meter in central areas of Bucharest.

Other phenomena that are impacting downwards the prices are: a drop in population income by 30% in 2013,a negative trend that will reduce bellow 20.000 people the number of real estate buyers ( from a maximum of 1 million Romanians active on real estate market before the crisis).

The banking system is engulfed in crisis and the average real interest is around 20% which is making the cost of real estate credits unsustainable. We can conclude that taking a real estate loan in this period is the path towards bankruptcy and foreclosure for 90% of the clients.

The houses market has collapsed and left 1 million romanian`s heavy indebted.

The real estate market is flooded by foreclosure.

The real estate collapse will continue and be aggravated on the count of individual properties foreclosures and also company bankruptcy that will flood the market with over 10.000 hectares of prime land that will press down the prices this year.

1.000 to 2.000 villas and mansions will also appear on the market in 2013 in areas as: Colentina, Bucurestii Noi, Pipera, Baneasa, Damaroaia etc. This will be sold on the market at prices bellow 60.000 euro and will push toward collapse the luxury real estate market.

This conservative estimates are based on property values offered already on the market by the banks on the foreclosure process stated Lo Petersen from banking consortium active on Romanian market. The decrease in economic activity forecasted for this year will only aggravate the situation concluded the official.

Chef Economist Mihail Racaceanu underlined in his speech that real estate market can not operate outside the negative climate of Romanian and EU economy.

The price per square meter in prime real estate areas cannot be over medium salary value by more than two times. As in Romania the salary is around 200 euro a price per square meter can not be substantiated up to more than 400 euro per square meter.

The responsibility of real estate crisis is mostly the burden on the lacuna of education of Romanian real estate agencies. The real estate agent must emphasize the necessity of a rapid reduction of prices in order to mend the crisis on real estate market. The market will restart if we will reach the interest zone around 300 euros, concluded the chief economist.

On the market there is a proverb: who buy, is a looser.

The housing/villa market: the main victim of 2013.

The main hit will be directed in 2013 towards houses and villas.

The economy crisis had dramatically reduced the number of interested players for buying this type of real estate, and the expenses to maintain such a property had gone up impressively, worsening the perspective for this type of properties. This type of properties is the most vulnerable for banking foreclosures because rapid prosecuted and sell on the market at prices below 80.000 euro thus villas can help the banks to cut their losses. In 2013 areas such as: Mosilor, Damaroaia ,Bucurestii Noi, Pipera, Baneasa, Tunari still offer the possibility to be sold around 60.000 euro, the rest of the areas of south and east of the capital are completely unfit for marketing and selling.

The foreclosures will open the market for villas at below 60.000 euro, concluded the panel of experts.

Simple truth: who buy`s is a looser!

In order to reignite the real estate market the key role is belonging to the real estate agencies. They must apply the necessary pressure to bring down the prices by at least 50% and to lead the properties owners from the la la land fantasies prices to a real assessment of the value of their properties in order to restart financial operations and re-emergence of profit on the market.

We should understand an obvious lesson that no investment in Romania is possible at prices of 400-500 euro per square meter as long as similar opportunities are to be found in Hungary, Greece, Turkey or Bulgaria but at prices below 100 euro. In this moment any buyer of Romanian properties is a looser, concluded the guests present at the conference.

On 30 of January 2013, under the auspices of Professor Dr. Anton Caragea, Director of Institute of International Relations and Economic Cooperation, the bilateral meeting between Kazakhstan Charge D`affairs to Romania-Talgat Kaliyev and Romanian Minister of Tourism, Business Environment and Small and Middle Enterprises-Maria Grapini has taken place.

Professor Dr. Anton Caragea, Director of Institute of International Relations and Economic Cooperation,Romanian Minister of Tourism, Business Environment and Small and Middle Enterprises-Maria Grapini and H.E. Kazakhstan Charge D`affairs to Romania-Talgat Kaliyev ( from left to right)

Ambassador Talgat Kaliyev had started by expressing Kazakhstan side appreciation for Romanian efforts in supporting Astana-`s candidature as host of World Expo 2017 and in organizing the exhibition ASTANA: CAPITAL OF THE FUTURE in Bucharest. Tabled at the meeting were also the Romanian projects of participation to 2017 World Expo in Astana-Kazakhstan capital. The opening of Romania-Kazakhstan Business Council and the concrete projects of economic cooperation between the two countries where also discussed.

Minister Maria Grapini had underlined the necessity for Romania to stay true to the national interest of holding the strategic partnership with Kazakhstan. In this amicable atmosphere was approached the issue of bilateral economic cooperation in the framework of Romania-Kazakhstan Business Council and a series of concrete projects designed to develop the bilateral relation in the next period.

Afterwards, Kazakhstan Charge d`affairs was invited to attend the open planning meeting between Professor Dr. Anton Caragea and Minister Maria Grapini regarding the main priorities and tourism development strategy for EU and Romania for 2013.

During the strategy meeting where discussed issues like: ambassadors trip for 2013 and Romanian participation to great European projects for tourism development and the nomination for Organizer of World Expo 2020.

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The Kingdom of Cambodia had received the official visit of Professor Dr. Anton Caragea high-ranking delegation in a joint effort to boost the friendship and dialogue on international stage.

The visit was inscribed in the bilateral decision to uphold the rapid development of the cultural, trade, economic and political ties.
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Between 22 May and 29 May 2015, H.E.Professor Dr. Anton Caragea has lead an official Monitoring Mission for Kazakhstan Early Presidential Elections
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Between 28 May and 7 June 2014 H.E.Professor Dr. Anton Caragea has lead an official European delegation to Republic of Zimbabwe and had assisted to World Best Tourist Destination Ward Ceremony for 2014.
H.E. Professor Dr. Anton Caragea was congratulated for his instrumental role in promoting Zimbabwe candidature for hosting World Best Tourist Destination for 2014.

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Between 25 November to 2 December 2013 H.E. Professor Dr. Anton Caragea was invited for an official working visit to United Arab Emirates on the occasion of the 42 anniversary of UAE National Day.
H.E. Professor Dr. Anton Caragea was congratulated for his instrumental role in promoting Dubai candidature for World Expo 2020.
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Between 30 October to 4 November 2013 His Excellency Professor Dr. Anton Caragea has being invited by Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan to attend Baku International Humanitarian Forum 2013

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President Professor Dr. Anton Caragea will open in the luxurious setting offered by Myanmar`s new capital Nay Pyi Taw the ceremonies for WORLD TOURISM CONFERENCE 2019.The WORLD TOURISM CONFERENCE 2019 opening will be officiated by Myanmar`s Vice-President Academician U Henry Van Thio, State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, President Dr. Anton Caragea and Min […]

2019 had come with a novelty for diplomatic corps friends of The Institute of International Relations and Economic Cooperation (IRICE) who got a double invitation to the DISCOVER ROMANIA PROGRAMME, first time with the summer 2019 trip centered around VRANCEA country and PANCIU Domains and now with a second autumn invite for a trip to Danube Delta. The DISCO […]

On July 12, 2019 THE DOMENIILEPANCIU owner and president Mr. Daniel Guzu was decorated as the CREATOR OF 2019 DIPLOMTIC WINE OF ROMANIA.The news comes in the wake of eight months of successes when the DOMENIILE PANCIU wines obtained powerful recognitions during Brussels Wine Competition snatching the top prizes against more than 9000 competitors worldwide.Th […]

Vrancea County will be at the center, for the first time ever, of THE DISCOVER ROMANIA 2019 summer trip of Institute of International Relations and Economic Cooperation (IRICE).DISCOVER ROMANIA is a programme destined to acquaint diplomats and international friends of Romania with the country historical patrimony and leisure opportunities and destinations. […]

World Elections Monitors Organization-WEMO invites members of European Parliaments, from all over Europe to apply as Observers for our upcoming Election Observation Mission to the European Parliament elections. It is expected that 500 members of European parliaments will take place in the largest diplomatic exercise ever governed by the international electi […]

According to the instructions of World Elections Monitors Organization for the organization of monitoring mission to the European Parliament elections, republished and with subsequent amendments and supplements, the World Elections Monitors Organization has presented to EU media a series of administrative–organizational tasks in the context of the preparatio […]

President of European Council on International Relations Professor Dr. Anton Caragea was the first world leader to offer his congratulations to H.E. Academician Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia after the landslide victory that confirmed him to retain premiership for another five years. President Professor Dr. Anton Caragea to Prime Minister Academician Hu […]

Prime Minister Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed on Thursday raised Professor Anton Caragea, President of the European Council of International Relations, to the rank of Commander in the National Order of 27 June. The decoration was destined to mark the nation`s gratitude for the global exertions of President Dr. Anton Caragea in supporting the principles of: indepe […]

August 15 - Cambodian People's Party, ruling party of Cambodia led by Prime Minister Hun Sen, triumphed overwhelmingly in late general election 2018 held on 29 July 2018, taking all the 125 seats in the National Assembly, National Election Committee announced Wednesday. In the official results of July's elections, the NEC said the CPP won 4,889,113 […]